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CDamascus By Elizabeth Kile WA. 6-1454 t The Churches of Damascus will join in a Thanksgiving Service to be held at the Damas cus Methodist Church, Thanks giving morning at 10 a.m. Rev. . Gilbert Hershaw of the First Baptist will preach. There will be special music. St. Anne’s Episcopal, The Church of God, Damascus Methodist, Lutheran Church of the Redeemer and the First Baptist are cooperat ing in the service. z* * * Z Judy King of Miss Mullinix’, 6th Grade Class, accompanied by Mrs. Joseph Hawkins, at tended the special meeting of the Board of Education held Tuesday, November 14. They j were representing the parents and students of the Damascus ' Elementary School. This meet- 41 [j Plumbing & Heating Contractor PO. 2-6472 Rockville, Md. W GET THIS FIU.ED RIGHT \L ( If AWAY. ITS IMPORTANT ' I THAT YOU START TAKING , IT IMMEDIATELY! I'Ll TAKE IT TO /N LYNN'S PHARMACY OOCTOR. I CAN ALWAYS RELY ON THEM FOR ®HOME FOR SALE? 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Her grand- 1 children, Mr. and Mrs. Barry J Morris of Tallahassee, Fla., flew in for the celebration and ' spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Harold Mullinix at Maple I Heights Farm. 1 • * * Rev. Gilbert Henshaw of the * | First Baptist Church attended I the meetings of the Maryland ! r ! Baptist Convention held Novem ber 13, 14 and 15 at the First 1 Baptist Church of Baltimore. 1 The Convention urged the Bap tist Churches of Maryland to j do all in their power to remove | racial discrimination in the j State of Maryland. They were : urged to oppose the selling and consuming of alcoholic bever ages. They were instructed to study the Communistic doctrines to be informed and to oppose it in every possible way. * • f Mr. and Mrs. Chester Piersol! who formerly lived in Damas- j cus, but have recently been re-! siding in Silver Spring, have purchased the home of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Traven at 26808 Grace Court. MT. and Mrs. Traver, who is with the AEC, has been transferred to Bay Village, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. George Div, jr. have purchased a new home on FUEL OIL BURNER SERVICE COAL QUALITY FUELS PROMPT DELIVERY Serving Montgomery Frederick - Howard Prince Georges Radio Controlled Trucks E. C. KEYS & SON 8404 Georgia Avenua Silver Spring JUniper 9-1771 T Haney ave. Mr. Dix comes to ' our community from Baltimore 1 and is with AEC. Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Root of Washington are building a new home in Damas cus Valley Estates. The house i is being built by Harmony Hall, < Inc. The Roots have one son < Chris. There transactions were i handled by Jerry Cook, Inc. and 1 Associate Oakley McDaniels. 11 ** * ] The Damascus Auxiliary of 1 the Women's Board of Mont- 1 gomery General Hospital met last Tuesday evening at the home of Mrs. McKendree Boyer. '■ * • * The Woman of the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer will have an important meeting this evening, Tuesday, November 21 at 8 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Ruth Harris. 29051 Oak dr. The first officers will be elected and a name chosen for the or ganization. Membership in the HICKMAN'S PROMPT COURTEOUS DEPENDABLE SERVICE Phones: PO. 2-2700 PO. 2-2424 - 2-9877 * ■ ■ 1 INVITES | ( ALCON jJ(Uclieni YOU X : 1 TO OUR I SEE • Handsome Complete Kitchens 1 SEE • Live Demonstrations by Washington If S GAS Light Co. I / “°RM AL | j Home Economist and Representative I S' / II I Taste Delicious Food Cooked by Natural If j nin d | Automatic GAS Appliances f| Q _ If f i Come in Friday or Saturday and let us show you how easily you can j II | Own a Modern-Matic GAS Kitchen for Pennies a Day. 1 I 7* New odernmMatic GAS Bwiuin Register For Prize Drawing I (/fcGM J Appliances are unequalled in ki il • in w k , ■ k 7 . i | Cooking Conveniences . 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Mmlnisc Hiulfunm Chiili garrhal RWUVH RVII|MVr| NliPp I oga, Tenn., where they attended i the football game between . Washington and Lee and the i University of the South at i Sewanee. Up to that weekend ■ both teams were undefeated. I Washington and Lee were the ■ winners, which of course j ■ pleased the Hyatts, since their j • son, Jerry, plays on that team, j • * * Members of the Damascus i Lions Club are selling light • bulubs in the community. The t bulbs are sold in packages of i six, 2 each of 60. 75 arid 100 . watts. They are guaranteed • against defect for two years , and will be replaced without . charge by the Lions Club if they fail to operate within this period. Proceeds of the sale will t go to the Eye Bank Program. • If you are not contacted by a Lion or wish to obtain addition al bubs you may call the chair man Roger Burdette, CL. 3-2301. * * • Four members of the Damas cus Rotary Club attended the District Institute held on Thurs day at Carvell Hall, Annapolis. ;They were, C. R. Bikle, Robert Sell, Charles Cramer and Char lies Beaver. The speaker? at the last two dinenr meetings in Damascus were Mason Bell. Sales Promotion Officer of the’ Baltimore Zone Chevrolet and John Hill, a building contractor from Silver Spring, who spoke on the Builder-Contractor Trade Association. • • Mr. and Mrs. John Mayer are the happy parents of a baby boy born. Friday. November 10 in Montgomery General Hospi tal. He weighed In at 7 lb. 14 oz. i and has been named John Tal- j mage. Mrs. Mayers was the former Mary Jo Watkins. * * * Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Duvall and Mr. and Mrs. Talmage ! Watkins have returned from the Annual Meeting of the South ern States Co-op in Richmond, Va. and a trip through Virginia and West Virginia. I All of us have much to be thankful for wtrjgMm* during this Thanks giving Season. We, especially, extend our thanks (45yrilland appreciation to you our customers tor your efforts B to serve you H W May Thanks- V Mr giving be a joyous JP one for you and yours! MARK MOTOR Co. MERCURY COMET 210 Hwtgcrford Drive. Rockville, (Md. HA. 7-7313 (ON THE BY-PASS) SENTINEL count? M md! Wednesday, Nov. 22, 1961 We are sorry to report that the following are hospital pati ents; Mrs. Barbara Watkins, Suburban Hospital; Fred Oden, Frederick Memorial; Thomas Poole, son of Mr. and Mrs. Parker Poole, who was a patient I (Continued on Page 10) 9